Monthly Archives: March 2016

Bill Black on the ongoing price of systemic bank fraud

Facts must be faced in order to reform and recover.  Sugar-coating polite comments about all of this, is not helpful.  This interview is a worthwhile update. We have roughly 25 of these systemically dangerous institutions in the United States. We … Continue reading

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Debt and demographics exerting secular weight

Good discussion in this clip about demographic and debt weights which are depressing global demand even as monetary theorists have done their best to  ‘add even more debt and stir’.  Robert Sinche, global strategist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, discusses China’s … Continue reading

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The thing about growth and the recent risk rally

The Atlanta Fed GDPNow model forecast for US real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2016 came in at 0.6% on March 28, down from 1.4% on March 24.  The next update is due tomorrow … Continue reading

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